Reykjavík Grapevine - 09.05.2014, Síða 46

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OPENINGS AND ONGOING
Kling & Bang
Delights Doubts Destruction
New works by Emma Heiðarsdóttir, In-
gibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir, Loji Höskulds-
son, Margrét Helga Sesseljudóttir and
Sigurður Ámundason. Artist Anna
Hrund Másdóttir is the curator of the
show and she chose artists that have
entered the scene with poetic doubts
in the past few years. A group of
people that work with diverse materi-
als but have a somewhat related ide-
ology. In these times of hopelessness,
powerlessness and impaired sense
of justice we see works that deal with
aesthetics in a mysterious way. Sense
of space, inner turbulence, endless
loneliness and longing. These artists
create works that simultaneously fill
us with hope and hopelessness.
Runs until May 11
Knitting Iceland
Whether you are a beginner or pro, you
can come knit at Laugavegur 25, 3rd
floor, every Thursday, 14:00 - 18:00.
On permanent view
Kunstschlager
Mikli Hvellur - Algjör Smellur
Filmmaker and artist Ragnheiður
Gestsdóttir attempts to understand
the world and our existence through
her art, questioning the desire living
within us all: our eternal longing for
something else, somewhere else. In
her work, she seeks to explore the
limits and possibilities of the systems
that man has created to understand
their environment.
Runs until May 16.
Living Art Museum
Time And Time And Again
Hreinn Friðfinnsson’s film ‘Time and
Time and Again’ is based and inspired
by his own life and artworks. It tells
the story about two twins that were
separated at birth. One was send to
the mountains of Iceland and the oth-
er one below sea level in Amsterdam.
The different gravity and oxygen level
has made them age differently. In fact,
the twins are the same person. The
story is a metaphor for the dialectic of
life and human beings. The exhibition
also shows Hreinn’s selected pieces of
his new and older work.
Runs until June 5
Museum of Design and Applied
Art
Are You Ready Madam President?
The Museum of Design and Applied
Art’s exhibition, ‘Are you ready,
Madam President,’ displays clothing
and other accessories from the ward-
robe of former Icelandic President
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. The exhibition
gives visitors a glimpse into Vigdís’s
preferences in choosing her wardrobe
and style, and also the personal lives
and habits of heads of state.
Runs until October 5
Kosmos
Dew is a growing group of Icelandic
product designers who work with
international manufacturers. Their
varied designs reflect experiments
with new materials. With a powerful
creative urge to find innovative
uses for materials, often resulting in
unexpected results. Dew's designs
have a strong link to Icelandic
heritage, seeking inspiration in
landscapes and history of traditional
craftsmanship, which is fused
together in new and exciting ways.
Runs until June 8
National Gallery of Iceland
(Listasafn Íslands)
Form, Colour, Body: High Voltage /
Danger
The National Gallery of Iceland opens
a retrospective exhibition of the
works of painter Magnús Kjartansson
(1949–2006). Magnús was one of the
artists that bridged the gap between
formal postwar art—both abstract and
figurative—and post-modernistic art in
the '80s and '90s of the last century.
Runs until May 11
Treasures; Beasts in Cages
An exhibition of selected modern and
contemporary works from the collec-
tion of the museum, based around
several master works of the pioneers
of Icelandic contemporary art—Jóhann
Eyfells (1923); Magnús Pálsson (1929)
and Dieter Roth (1930–1998)—with the
addition of works by the generations
who, in various ways, followed in their
footsteps.
Runs until May 11
Pull Yourself Together
Nina Lassila is a Finnish visual artist
who specialises in three large bodies
of work: site and issue specific video
works, performances for video and
a series of telepathic live events. In
her art, she deals with questions of
identity and has a particular interest in
conventions based on gender.
Runs until May 29
The National Museum of Iceland
From A Different Angle: Photography
By Icelandic Women 1872-2013
The exhibition features a hundred
pictures taken by Icelandic women in
the past 125 years and showcases what
women have been doing in that period.
The pictures are sourced both from
amateur and professional photogra-
phers, and shown in the two museums
simultaneously. See also the Reykjavík
Museum of Photography.
Runs until May 11
The Making Of A Nation
This exhibition is intended to provide
insight into the history of the Icelandic
nation from the Settlement to the pres-
ent day.
On permanent view
Nordic House
Swaying Corridors Of An Ever Mov-
ing Labyrinth
As part of the festival Art Without
Borders, the Nordic House presents
Swaying Corridors of an Ever Moving
Labyrinth, an audiovisual installation
with live dance. The exhibition is a
multi-artistic piece, the heart a laby-
rinth built by artists Rósa Júlíusdóttir
and Karl Guðmundsson, consisting
of an installation that the viewers can
enter and walk through
Runs until May 18
Kling&Bang | May 22, 20:00 | Free!
The Five Live Lo-Fi
An ongoing ode to the artistic process.
Everyone is invited to watch the artistic discourse
between New York based art group E.S.P.TV and Ásdís
Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Kolbeinn Hugi Höskuldsson, Helgi Örn
Pétursson and Rebekka Moran and the ensuing art works
they create together. Focusing on fleeting and temporary
puzzle piece-like fragments made by the participating artists
which are then slowly put together to form a spatial, aural,
visual and physical installation. Witness what happens
when several artists come together and create one big and
hopefully harmonious piece. LC
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